Livingston suffered the injury at the 8:10 mark in the first quarter of the Clippers win over the Charlotte Bobcats on Monday, Feb. 26 at STAPLES Center.

Livingston was transported to Centinela Medical Center immediately following the injury, where he had an MRA (Magnetic resonance arteriogram) that showed no arterial bleeding.

The prognosis on Livingston's return to basketball activity is eight to twelve months.

Eight months would October 28. Opening night this season was November 1.

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It seems like eight months is a pipe dream. Most likely scenario has Shaun ready in some respect for '08-'09 training camp. Even so, he'll be out of basketball for effectively a year and a half and would return having already blown out both knees. Poor kid.

I'm amazed at anyone who thinks Shaun's not playing college ball has anything to do with his awkward landing on a fast break. I could see how he might need to build himself up and grow into his body, but does anyone out there really believe this wasn't just a terrible accident? The s%&t people say...

All you need to do is look at enough tape of Shaun to see that he isn't as graceful as you would think on his feet or in the air. He almost blew out BOTH knees on an uncontested dunk several weeks ago. He dunked the ball too late while on a breakaway dunk. Instead of slowing for the dunk or grabbing the rim with both hands to steady himself before landing safely, he did neither and fell backwards awkwardly. On that play he nearly hyper extended both knees. He was lucky then.

Run last night's tape again and look where his feet were compared to more proficient fast break dunkers in the NBA and decide for yourself. Perhaps college would not have made him a better dunker, but learning how to dunk on the run at this level is risky business.

If anything, Shaun's unique body type and/or genetic make-up pre-dispose him towards injuries of this kind, not his decision to play in college.

Dr. Daly described this as a freak accident, and that's what it was.

How many times have you seen this happen to Division 1 players? I can't recall a knee blowing out that severely. And lets just say that after three seasons in the NBA, Shaun definitely knew more about proper dunking mechanics than 99% of Division 1 players out there.

Besides, quite frankly Jerry, your "stay in school kids" mantra has a distinct hint of bigotry to it. I'll leave it at that.

Unfreakinbelievable. Its not gonna be the same watchin the Clipshow against Seattle without Shaun. I agree, I think it will take at least 2years to get back to his Shaun skill-level play pre-injury. Knees are no joke son.

I think the problem with last night's play is that Shaun was too focused on lookng back to see if the ball went in, neglecting to focus on landing properly. He has a tendency to hang his head after missing shots, so was eager to ensure his ball got a favorable bounce. Nothing to do with college. I'm actually glad he skipped college because at least he made some $$$. Can you imagine if he suffered this injury during a college career? Goodbye NBA.

Fuck, I almost want to sell my tickets for the remainder of the season (and next). Shaun was my favorite player and JR is right, it just won't be the same without him. I will miss his presence in every game.

What a horrible tragedy...Shaun really can't catch a break. His missed significant time his rookie season, stunting his development, and then many games his second year which also held him back. Just as he was finally able to start getting consistent playing time and really work on his development, his knee snaps in half. I feel for Shaun, and feel for this team. Shaun was supposed to be the future for this team. With that plan sidelined at least until the season after next, are the Clips just going to lie low until then? Because clearly for this team to be successful, we need a strong PG to get the ball to our bigs. Can't imagine we'd be in this situation a year ago.

Your bigotry comment is off base. I don't see the correlation between talking about someone who can't dunk and race relations. Obviously, if I were a bigot, I probably wouldn't be following the NBA. Thanks for revealing yourself as a democrat. I'll be sure to look for you at the next Jesse Jackson rally!

By the way, Daniel Ewing dunks better on the run than Livingston ever has, and he's 6" shorter. So I assume that you put Ewing in the upper 1% of collegiate athletes.

For the record, business-wise, Shaun made a good decision to join the NBA. Basketball-wise, that decision really sucked.

Dan Wetzel: "...perhaps [Shaun] Livingston can serve as a reminder to the supposedly sound, wise voices who always are telling these young athletes about the benefits of staying one more year in college, the ones defending the NBA's ridiculous age limit, the ones more concerned about their own entertainment or profit than the fact that even the brightest of basketball futures rides on a single, skinny ligament." -- Thanks to Henry at TrueHoop for bringing this to my attention.

Staying in college 1 more year would not have saved his knee from going out. I had the same kind of injury happen to me and there is no way you can prevent that from happening. It is just a freak thing thatg happened, just like turning an ankle. There is no way to build up your ACL or other ligaments in order for them to keep from tearing. If your knee goes one way and your body goes the other way---something has to give!!

I use to play in high school tournaments at the old Chicago Stadium and there was ice under the floor because the Blackhawks played there. The floor was slippery. On Elton, it seems that when you get married you lose it for a while. You only have so much energy to pass around. There is an adjustment period.

but now, what the hell is going on in the clipper locker room? Doug Christie asks to be let go? The dude has a 10 day contract. This is dunlevy. The problem with the clips isn't lack of talent and it aint xs and os..it's something in the locker room, it's tone. it's maggs vs. baldy. But is that it? what is really going on in there that's destroying this team a game and a player at a time...and is it the coach's responsiblity?

04/12/08 02:01:23

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